New Year's Eve:
We put one coat of Behr Antique White paint on the family room walls. This color will also go on the walls of the hallway, foyer, kitchen, and dining room. It's lighter and will help us keep a clean, neutral palette until we figure out what we're doing with the kitchen and furniture. I think the painted paneling looks pretty fantastic:
Darrell and Dad have also been busy painting the bedroom ceilings:
Dear old Dad showing off his skill at rolling paint:
They also painted the ceiling in the hallway:
The dining room has its coat of Behr Antique White as well:
Second coat of paint on the living room:
And on to sanding! Darrell knew how badly the trims in this house needed to be sanded prior to painting. He volunteered his muscle, and we immediately started to see progress -- green and cream paint coming through:
The trims in the Master Bedroom have all been taped, ready for sanding and ready for paint:
Charlie also came by the house today, so we gave him the grand tour! He made sure to leave his mark on his new house! (Thanks to Dad for cleaning that up!)
We then proceeded to tape off trims in the foyer and living room, once again ready for sanding and paint:
New Year's Day:
When we saw Kelly's sister, Kari, at Christmastime, she loaned us her little mouse sander. Darrell had spent an hour or two the previous day muscling through the sanding on the trims... until he remembered my sister's sander. So the next day we brought our extension cord so that we could use it around the house, and VOILA! Darrell's dreams had come true... he powered through the gobs of paint and putty on the trims in mere seconds and with minimal effort! It's an awesome little tool and we can't thank Kari enough!
Mom started putting white semigloss paint on the bookshelf:
...While Dad painted the hallway:
After finishing with the hallway, Dad applied his eye for detail to the sidelight on front door. It was gross.... But after Mom and I cleaned it and Darrell sanded it down, Dad turned this area into a pretty little beauty! I'm so impressed:
Darrell also coached my mom into applying the new faceplates around the light switches:
Living room trims have received their first coat of white semigloss:
...As has the Master Bedroom doorway
We closed out our day by prepping the upper molding in the Family Room to be painted tomorrow, so we taped everything off:
We were able to paint the living room walls with the same color that's in the master bedroom:
We put one coat of Behr Antique White paint on the family room walls. This color will also go on the walls of the hallway, foyer, kitchen, and dining room. It's lighter and will help us keep a clean, neutral palette until we figure out what we're doing with the kitchen and furniture. I think the painted paneling looks pretty fantastic:
Darrell and Dad have also been busy painting the bedroom ceilings:
Dear old Dad showing off his skill at rolling paint:
They also painted the ceiling in the hallway:
The dining room has its coat of Behr Antique White as well:
Second coat of paint on the living room:
And on to sanding! Darrell knew how badly the trims in this house needed to be sanded prior to painting. He volunteered his muscle, and we immediately started to see progress -- green and cream paint coming through:
While Darrell and Dad were busy, Mom and Kelly taped off trims:
The trims in the Master Bedroom have all been taped, ready for sanding and ready for paint:
Charlie also came by the house today, so we gave him the grand tour! He made sure to leave his mark on his new house! (Thanks to Dad for cleaning that up!)
We then proceeded to tape off trims in the foyer and living room, once again ready for sanding and paint:
New Year's Day:
When we saw Kelly's sister, Kari, at Christmastime, she loaned us her little mouse sander. Darrell had spent an hour or two the previous day muscling through the sanding on the trims... until he remembered my sister's sander. So the next day we brought our extension cord so that we could use it around the house, and VOILA! Darrell's dreams had come true... he powered through the gobs of paint and putty on the trims in mere seconds and with minimal effort! It's an awesome little tool and we can't thank Kari enough!
Mom started putting white semigloss paint on the bookshelf:
...While Dad painted the hallway:
After finishing with the hallway, Dad applied his eye for detail to the sidelight on front door. It was gross.... But after Mom and I cleaned it and Darrell sanded it down, Dad turned this area into a pretty little beauty! I'm so impressed:
Darrell also coached my mom into applying the new faceplates around the light switches:
Living room trims have received their first coat of white semigloss:
...As has the Master Bedroom doorway
We closed out our day by prepping the upper molding in the Family Room to be painted tomorrow, so we taped everything off:
So they say what you're doing at New Year's is what you'll be doing all year... apparently for us, that's home improvements! :) A special thanks to my parents for their generosity and willingness to put some sweat equity into our first house!
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